CRICKET SPECIAL: Stony Stratford win to take over at the top as Finedon are frustrated by Oundle draw

Last weekend was a significant one at the top of the table, as Stony secured a huge 133-run win over fast-fading Peterborough Town, while morning leaders Finedon Dolben were left frustrated.

The reigning champions had to settle for a draw as they were involved in an exciting clash with Oundle Town, who closed just six runs short of a victory, while Finedon were two wickets away from winning.

The results see Stony open up an 11-point lead at the top, with third-placed Geddington, who were also involved in a draw, a further 40 points back.

Stony entertain Finedon at heir Ostlers Lane home on Saturday (start 11am).

Heet Amin and Andy Marston were Stony's match-winners, as Peterborough slumped to a third straight defeat to drop to fifth, 70 points off top spot.

Stony looked to be struggling to set a testing total as they slumped to 77 for four and then 161 for seven, but enter Amin to hit 107 not out from 117 balls, hitting 11 fours and four six.

He was well supported by Marston (33no) as they pair put on an unbroken stand of 110 to steer their side to 271 for seven from 58 overs.

Posh were soon in trouble at 10 for two, and despite a brief recovery led by Nick Green (38), they were staring down the barrel of defeat at 80 for seven.

Farhad Hassan did the early damage, claiming three for 51, before Marston took over, grabbing six for 18 as Peterborough were bowled out for 138 in 40.1 overs.

Finedon looked to have the upper hand after they posted 243 for eight against Oundle, with Sean Davis top-scoring with 52.

The visitors produced a spirited batting display in response, and would eventually fall just short of victory at 238 for eight, with good contributions from Mark Hodgson (48), Bill Amas (47) and Sam Batten (44).

For Finedon, Alex Evans took four for 34 and Daniel Bendon four for 57.

Jack Bates was in the runs again as third-placed Geddington drew at Overstone Park.

Bates led the way for his side, hitting 102 out of their 233 all out.

Charles Edwards then made 75 and Alistair Mclaughlin 69 as Overstone looked to be in the hunt for the win at 153 for three, needing 77 from 17 overs - but a clatter of wickets left them playing out for draw at 185 for eight.

Gagan Singh with four for 37 was the pick of the Geddington bowlers.

Kislingbury Temperance are up to fourth after they thumped inconsistent Old Northamptonians by 91 runs.

Rob Keogh led the charge with the bat for the villagers, hitting 98 from 104 balls, and support came from Harry Penberthy who made 40.

Shivasurya Arun Krishna continued his excellent run of form for ONs, snaring six for 61.

Despite an opening partnership of 48, ONs were never in the hunt in reply as they were bowled out for 160, with Ashley Starmer claiming four for 29.

The other game between the league's bottom two ended in a very high scoring draw!

James Esler thrashed a remarkable 155 not out from just 96 balls, including eight fours and 14 sixes, as Loddington powered their way from 181 for seven to 329 for eight!

Josh Plowright added 42, and there was 31 down the order from Sam Noon - who played the supporting role in a partnership of 142 with Esler.

Rushden gave it a good go in their response as they hit back with 290 for six in their 52 overs, having at one point been 228 for three, needing 102 to win from the final 12.

Chana Ruwansiri top scored with 89 while Ben Paine added 69.

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Results

Saturday, July 11

Northants Cricket League

Premier Division: Finedon Dolben 243-8 (Sean Davis 52) drew with Oundle Town 238-8 (Mark Hodgson 48, Bill Amas 47, Sam Batten 44, Alex Evans 4-34, Daniel Bendon 4-57)

Kislingbury Temperance 251 all out (Rob Keogh 98, Harry Penberthy 40, S Arun Krishna 6-61) beat Old Northamptonians 160 all out (Ashley Starmer 4-29) by 91 runs

Overstone Park 185-8 (Charles Edwards 75, Alistair Mclaughlin 69, Gagan Singh 4-37) drew with Geddington 233 all out (Jack Bates 102)

Peterborough Town 138 all out (Andy Marston 6-18) lost to Stony Stratford 271-7 (Heet Amin 107no) by 133 runs

Rushden and Higham Town 290-6 (Chana Ruwansiri 89, Ben Paine 69) drew with Loddington & Mawsley 329-8 (James Esler 155no, Josh Plowright 42)

Division One: Brixworth 155 all out (Veer Mangat 4-24) lost to Peterborough Town IIs 209-7 (Jaynesh Patel 54no) by 54 runs

Desborough Town 108 all out (Joe Gordon 58no) lost to Burton Latimer 298-9 dec (Haseeb Ur Rehman 62, Joshua Coleman 50no, Luke Odell 48, David Shelford 41, Riley Marshall 4-75) by 190 runs

Kettering Town 212-9 (Theo Brooks 87no, Liam Franks 4-70) drew with Barby 167-8 (Zachary Wenham 89, Shaedon Miller 4-38)

Saints 173 all out (Finley Small 57) beat Thrapston 157 all out (Lewis Shelton 5-14) by 16 runs

Weekley & Warkton 172 all out (Jhiah Baxter 81, Anvit Arkanath 4-56) lost to Horton House 323-8 dec (Karan Parmer 102no, Finlay Moffat 62, Freddie Harrow 5-65) by 151 runs

Wollaston 172-9 (Hal Robinson 57, William Farrar 5-42) beat Wellingborough Town 169-8 by one wicket

Division Two: Brigstock 318-6 (Patrick Croker 107no, Duncan Croker 94) beat Heyford 76 all out (George Groenland 5-20) by 242 runs

Earls Barton 95 all out (H Patel 4-43) lost to Wellingborough Indians 293-6 (C Satpute 100, A Nagarkar 53, S Patel 52no, J Patel 42no) by 198 runs

Haddon 275-5 (Scott Jobling 92, Jack Dudleston 82, Steve Musgrave 4-88) beat Wollaston IIs 168 all out (Steve Musgrave 42) by 107 runs

Irthlingborough Town 205-5 (R Williams 71no, B Alexander 40) beat Rothwell Town 202 all out (M Jackson 87, R Williams 4-69) by five wickets

Old Northamptonians IIs 338-4 (G Kullar 102, U Nadeem 96, D Edwards 52) drew with Finedon IIs 253-8 (D Hewage 51, G Hofbauer 48, A Sivarupan 47)

Stony Stratford IIs 181-9 (I Wyeth 67, Z Gillies 7-11) drew with Weldon 315-2 (J Mclellan 141, K Sterling 128

Division Three: Bowden 231-7 (Francis Finnemore 63, Jack Gray 53, Freddie Wilson 46) beat Brixworth IIs 199-9 (Rory Green 48, Dylan Pearson 5-34) by 32 runs

Great Houghton 143 all out (Rohan Bisht 61, Justin Perkins 5-37) lost to Old 144-1 (William Chilton 68no, Declan Ryan 43no) by nine wickets

Oundle Town IIs 133 all out (Thomas Kemp 43, Adam Soilleux 4-9) lost to Olney Town 137-4 (Jack Deal 85no) by six wickets

Spencer Bruerne 163-6 beat Overstone Park IIs 159 all out (A Sreenivasan 4-33, S Heath 4-42) by four wickets

Sun Hardingstone 126 all out (Stephen Gollings 41no) lost to Bold Dragoon 130-2 (Dan Bentley 79no) by eight wickets

Division Four: Burton Latimer IIs 215 all out (T Styman 60, E Nicholls 54) beat Saints IIs 123 all out (S Sartain 4-25) by 92 runs

Great Oakley 193-3 (H Buckner 74, R Alderson 47) beat Podington 191-9 (J Ozier 41) by seven wickets

New Bradwell 194-4 (Tom Anderson 67, Andy Overton 59no) beat Kettering Town IIs 190 all out (Aditya Sharma 96, Chris Wade 4-43) by six wickets

St Crispin & Harlestone 123-7 (T Freeman 4-30) beat ONs IIIs 121 all out by three wickets

Wellingborough Indians IIs 246-7 (Pranav Sathya 51, Bhav Patel 51) beat Carrib United 245-7 (Kashif Najeeb 87, Muhammad Junaid 60) by three wickets

Wellingborough OGs 191-8 (Sameer Mazumdar 40) lost to S & L Corby 192-9 (Ryan Buckingham 47no) by one wickes

Division Five: Mears Ashby 194 all out (Ben Paull 4-56) lost to Rushden and Higham Town IIs 222 all out (Krish Patel 85, Matthew Wildman 56) by 28 runs

North Crawley 245-9 (R Nahar 96) lost to Bugbrooke 251-6 (M Ahmed 73, R Barnes 65no) by four wickets

Sharnbrook & Bromham 217-4 (C Grice 82no, D Read 47, M Umlauf 46) beat Long Buckby 216-8 (A Wallinger 43, D Holmes 41, L Church 41) by six wickets

Wellingborough Town IIs 180 all out (Imran Yousaf 63) lost to MK Air 184-5 (Sakaar Mishra 74) by five wickets

Willoughby 371-4 (C Hanks 124no, C Roberts 65no, B Hollis 52, D Alcock 50) beat Raunds Town 166 all out (L Trivedi 44, M Green 40, R Haynes 5-46) by 205 runs

Division Six: Barby IIs 256 all out (Richard Tarrant 99) lost to Yelvertoft 358-7 (Satya Sanikommu 152, Harihiran Mohan 109, Hemachandran Kalaimani 61) by 102 runs

Finedon Dolben IIIs 98 all out (Flynt Hutchinson 44, Henry Newby 6-44) lost to Towcestrians 99-6 (Pip Webb 66) by four wickets

Geddington IIs 195-2 (Bradley Armer 85, Marc Bell 50) beat Irthlingborough Town IIs 193-9 (Morgan Turner 44no, Thomas Holmes 5-20) by eight wickets

Loddington & Mawsley IIs 363-1 (R Pateman 171, J Patel 123) beat Desborough Town IIs 173-9 (M Renshaw 83, T Hall 46, O Guess 4-44) by 190 runs

Overstone Park IIIs 307-7 (L Carlier 101, H Brown 64, S Bhatt 46) beat Weekley & Warkton IIs 130 all out by 177 runs

Thrapston IIs 270-8 (M Granger 88, A Stoker 87, E Faulkner 5-63) beat St Crispin & Hurlstone 210 all out (A Massey 72) by 60 runs

Division Seven: Haddon IIs 220-4 (Matthew Garrett 74no, Elliot Clough 56) beat Kettering Town IIIs 219-8 (Jeremy Lines 51, Clive Wears 51, Sahil Sharma 43) by six wickets

Horton House IIs 236-9 (Harvey Cooke 82, Vignesh Sudhakar 65, Karl Pollard 5-36) beat Bowden IIs 214 all out (Fergus Kenny 66, Oscar Harrison 46, Oscar Herbert 4-64) by 22 runs

Old IIs 173 all out (Mark Bocking 40) lost to New Bradwell IIs 285-7 (Priyadarshi Gourav 72, Muhammad Tahir Mahboob 43, Amit Chauhan 44, Srinkanth Raparthi 40) by 112 runs

Old Northamptonians IVs 295-8 (Elliot Hicckinbotham 88, Rushaan Taylor 63) beat Great Houghton IIs 291-5 (Robert Hart 133no, Alex Osborn 93) by two wickets

Olney Town IIs 278-6 (Jack Lay 75, Paul Gallyot 62) beat Kislingbury Temperance IIs 217-8 (Joe Woolley 78, Gavin Mobley 67) by 61 runs

Division Eight: Gretton 247-8 (S Roberts 65, J Bates 48) beat Brixworth IIIs 135 all out (M Houseman 4-29) by 112 runs

MK Air IIs 132 all out (H Natkar 41, D Lowry 5-26) beat North Crawley IIs 105 all out by 27 runs

Rushton 249-4 (S Bindu 71, H Griffiths 51) beat Irchester 232-6 by 17 runs

St Michaels 241-7 beat Grange Park 239-7 (J Hill 59, J Benedetti 43) by two runs

Stony Stratford IVs 113 all out lost to Burton Latimer IIIs 249-8 (Jay Gilbert 68, Nathan Joshi 46, Joe Mullaney 4-30) by 136 runs

Division Nine: Byfield 216-8 (B Hall 76, R Hall 64no) beat Bugbrooke IIs 126 all out by 90 runs

Carrib United IIs 102 all out (Sam Chapman 5-16) lost to Newport Pagnell 207 all out (Paul Braddy 63, James Fletcher 63) by 105 runs

Kettering Town IVs 128 all out (Jerry Jamil 5-33) lost to Wollaston IIIs 306-3 (Nathan Folkes 124, Werrun Cooray 111) by 178 runs

Oundle Town IIIs 135 all out (Tom Costello 41, Jordan Shingler 6-15) lost to Braunston Paddox 139-5 (Elijah Glover 45) by five wickets

Podington IIs 120 all out lost to Earls Barton IIs 121-3 (Daniel Jackson 63no) by seven wickets

St Crispin & Harlestone IIIs 114 all out (C Tew 43, T Robinson 4-4) lost to Isham 254-8 (D Barton 58, K Lodder 46, C Barton 40) by 140 runs

Division 10: Bold Dragoon IIs 176-8 (Daniel Blatch 54no) lost to Geddington IIIs 251-5 (Akaash Baiju 83, Harry Bolton 49, Ben Cox 46) by 75 runs

Heyford IIs 228-2 (S Legge 109no, R Smallbone 102no) beat Sharnbrook & Bromham IIs 131-9 by 97 runs

Rothwell Town IIs 190-4 (G Shrimal 70, K Edirisinghe 44) lost to Northampton Saints IIIs 242-8 (W Clark 102no) by 52 runs

Towcestrians IIs 120 all out lost to Dunchurch & Bilton 125-2 (Jay Singh 75no) by eight wickets

Weekley & Warkton IIIs v Horton House IIIs - Weekley conceded

Woodford Halse 88 all out (Ozz Kee 40, Usman Bhatti 5-21) lost to Mears Ashby IIs 230-9 (Yash Mendon 67, Imran Bhatti 58, Danish Ali Mehboob 4-53) by 142 runs

Division 11 North: Burton Latimer IVs 207-8 (Robert Lovegrove 59no, Acer Prince 51, Annabelle Storer 4-57) lost to Great Oakley IIs 349-2 (Owen Bell 108, Damon Page 101, Konnor Heath 65no, Mitchell Abbott 46) by 142 runs

Pytchley 117 all out (Freddie Spencer 5-27) lost to Brigstock IIs 291-4 (Karan Singh 88, Freddie Spencer 81, Monty Spencer 67no) by 174 runs

Raunds Town IIs 227-4 (Joseph Xavier 94, Adam Lack 79no) lost to Rushden & Higham Town IIIs 262-7 (Anthony Jupp 92, Michael Dicks 52no) by 35 runs

Thrapston IIIs 197-7 (James Chudley 40) beat Finedon IVs 192 all out (Darren Moors 71, Alex Burdett 4-37) by five runs

Weldon IIs 45 all out (J Browne 7-25) lost to Barton Seagrave 216-6 (N Brohi 47, B Heyde 44) by 171 runs

Wellingborough IIIs 109 all out (Alexander Chandler 5-32) lost to S & L Corby IIIs 205 all out (Bhaumih Patel 80, Avi Bhundia 4-35) by 96 runs

Division 11 West: Barby IIIs 281-7 (Thomas Moyes 74, Rob Henderson 61, Shavinka Peramuna 46) beat Spencer Bruerne IIs 222-9 (Terry Crabtree 83, Cameron Turland 50) by 59 runs

Kislingbury IIIs 80-1 beat Willoughby IIs 79 all out by nine wickets

Long Buckby IIs 108 all out (P Rachh 4-30) lost to Wellingborough Indians IIIs 111-1 (V Patel 67no) by nine wickets

Saints IVs 100-1 (Giovanni Panariello 61no) beat Sun Hardingstone IIs 99 all out (Sushil Dongre 54) by nine wickets

Yelvertoft IIs 221-9 (P Vanampalli 85, K Patel 4-29) beat Stony Stratford Vs 192-7 (K Patel 40) by 29 runs

Division 12 North: Barton Seagrave IIs v Weldon IIIs - Weldon conceded

Bowden IIIs 231-7 (Sam Gomez 72no, Ryan Wilson 58, Robert Gomez 56) beat Rushton IIs 230-8 (Andy Millard 57, Oliver Millard 40) by three wickets

Isham IIs 189-6 beat Thrapston IVs 188-5 by four wickets

S & L IVs v Kettering Town Vs - Kettering conceded

Division 12 West: Braunston Paddox IIs 271 all out (Stephen Nelligan 96) beat Woodford Halse IIs 105 all out by 166 runs

Bugbrooke IIIs 151-6 (Ady Spruels 40) beat North Crawley IIIs 150 all out (Daniel Borrow 70, Tony Malone 5-16) by four wickets

Dunchurch & Bilton IIs 140-4 beat Towcestrians IIIs 139 all out (Jamie Ward 65no) by six wickets

Newport Pagnell IIs 253-5 (J Riekie 62, S Willett 57, A Billakanti 53no, D Wisson 43no) beat Barby IVs 135 all out (D Broad 4-14) by 118 runs

Spencer Bruerne IIIs 196-7 (K Jani 59, J Abraham 46) beat Byfield IIs 178 all out (S Lee 41) by 18 runs

Stony Stratford VIs 158 all out (Ramas Namachivayam 4-35) lost to MK Air IIIs 159-2 (Sharad Kumar 58no, Vijeth Kumar 52) by eight wickets

Division12 Central: Brixworth IVs 147 all out (Connor McCarlie 41, John Chilton 4-33) lost to Old IVs 208-9 (Mathew Small 52, Mark Collins 44) by 61 runs

Grange Park IIs 216 all out (Matthew Conlon 66no, Jon Tiley 52) lost to Old Northamptonians Vs 269-8 (Phil Monkman 104) by 53 runs

Horton House IVs 215-7 (N Inwood 76no) lost to Overstone IVs 217-6 (L Buckley 80) by four wickets

Thurleigh IIs 353-4 (P Brown 101, B Bailey 89, S Gay 74no, A Bailey 56) beat St Crispin IVs 161-9 (A Moore 4-31) by 192 runs

OGs IIIs v Cogenhoe IIs - Cogenhoe conceded

Wellingborough Indians IVs 219-8 (Vikas Patel 79no, Adam Parton 4-41) lost to Haddon IIIs 224-5 (Muhammad Zaid Khalid 63, Steve Wakeford 51no, Scott Sharman 47) by five wickets

Fixtures

Saturday, July 18

Northants Cricket League

Premier Division: Geddington v Peterborough Town; Loddington & Mawsley v Overstone Park; Old Northamptonians v Rushden and Higham Town; Oundle Town v Kislingbury Temperance; Stony Stratford v Finedon Dolben

Division One: Barby v Weekley & Warkton; Burton Latimer v Northampton Saints; Horton House v Desborough Town; Peterborough Town IIs v Kettering Town; Thrapston v Wollaston; Wellingborough Town v Brixworth

Division Two: Finedon Dolben IIs v Irthlingborough Town; Heyford v Earls Barton; Rothwell Town v Haddon; Weldon v Old Northamptonians IIs; Wellingborough Indians v Stony Stratford IIs; Wollaston IIs v Brigstock

Division Three: Bold Dragoon v Bowden; Brixworth IIs v Oundle Town IIs; Old v Spencer Bruerne; Overstone Park IIs v Sun Hardingstone; Thurleigh v Great Houghton

Division Four: Carrib United v Great Oakley; Kettering Town IIs v Wellingborough Indians IIs; Northampton Saints IIs v St Crispin & Harlestone; Old Northamptonians IIIs v New Bradwell; Podington v Wellingborough OGs; S & L Corby v Burton Latimer

Division Five: Bugbrooke v Mears Ashby; Long Buckby v North Crawley; MK Air v Willoughby; Raunds Town v Cogenhoe; Rushden and Higham Town IIs v Wellingborough Town IIs; Stony Stratford IIIs v Sharnbrook & Bromham

Division Six: Desborough Town IIs v Thrapston IIs; Irthlingborough Town IIs v Loddington & Mawsley IIs; St Crispin & Harlestone IIs v Barby IIs; Towcestrians v Geddington IIs; Weekley & Warkton IIs v Finedon Dolben IIIs; Yelvertoft v Overstone Park IIIs

Division Seven: Bowden IIs v Olney Town IIs; Great Houghton IIs v Old IIs; Kettering Town IIIs v Horton House IIs; Kislingbury Temperance IIs v Old Northamptonians IVs; New Bradwell IIs v S & L Corby IIs

Division Eight: Brixworth IIIs v MK Air IIs; Burton Latimer IIIs v Rushton; Grange Park v Stony Stratford IVs; North Crawley IIs v St Michaels; Wellingborough OGs IIs v Gretton

Division Nine: Braunston Paddox v Podington IIs; Bugbrooke IIs v Kettering Town IVs; Earls Barton IIs v Byfield; Isham v Carrib United IIs; Newport Pagnell v Oundle Town IIIs; Wollaston IIIs v St Crispin & Harlestone IIIs

Division 10: Dunchurch & Bilton v Woodford Halse; Geddington IIIs v Rothwell Town IIs; Horton House IIIs v Heyford IIs; Mears Ashby IIs v Bold Dragoon IIs; Northampton Saints IIIs v Weekley & Warkton IIIs; Sharnbrook & Bromham IIs v Towcestrians IIs

Division 11 North: Dunchurch & Bilton V Woodford Halse; Geddington IIIs v Rothwell Town IIs; Horton House IIIs v Heyford IIs; Mears Ashby IIs v Bold Dragoon IIs; Northampton Saints IIIs v Weekley & Warkton IIIs; Sharnbrook & Bromham IIs v Towcestrians IIs

Division 11 West: Spencer Bruerne IIs v Kislingbury Temperance IIIs; Stony Stratford Vs v Long Buckby IIs; Sun Hardingstone IIs v Yelvertoft IIs; Willoughby IIs v Northampton Saints IVs; Wellingborough Indians IIIs v Barby IIIs

Division 12 North: Geddington IVs v Barton Seagrave IIs; Irthlingborough Town IIIs v Isham IIs; Rushton IIs v S & L Corby IVs; Thrapston IVs v Bowden IIIs; Weldon IIIs v Great Oakley IIIs

Division 12 West: Barby IVs v Dunchurch & Bilton IIs; Byfield IIs v Stony Stratford VIs; MK Air IIIs v Braunston Paddox IIs; North Crawley IIIs v Spencer Bruerne IIIs; Towcestrians IIIs v Bugbrooke IIIs; Woodford Halse IIs v Newport Pagnell IIs

Division 12 Central: Cogenhoe IIs v Wellingborough Indians IVs; Haddon IIIs v Brixworth IVs; Old IVs v Thurleigh IIs; Old Northamptonians Vs v Wellingborough OGs IIIs; Overstone Park IVs v Grange Park IIs; St Crispin & Harlestone IVs v Horton House IVs